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IAEA and FAO Launch ‘Seeds in Space’ Youth Comic Book Competition

IAEA and FAO Launch ‘Seeds in Space’ Youth Comic Book Competition

IAEA and FAO Launch ‘Seeds in Space’ Youth Comic Book Competition The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have launched a comic book competition inviting 14 to 18 year olds to submit artwork that tells the story of ‘seeds in space’.…
FAO and WFP to Boost Children’s Right to Food in Schools

FAO and WFP to Boost Children’s Right to Food in Schools

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have launched a project to improve the diet of school-aged children, with support from the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL). In many countries school meals represent a significant portion of children’s…
World Food Day Poster Contest for Children

World Food Day Poster Contest for Children

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations is inviting children and teens all over the world to create a poster that illustrates their idea of what needs to be done to make healthy diets available for everyone and how each of us can improve our diets. Young…
UNICEF to Celebrate World Children’s Day with #KidsTakeOver

UNICEF to Celebrate World Children’s Day with #KidsTakeOver

High-profile children, UNICEF Executive Director, and other special guests will speak up for children's rights at November 20 event. This is supposed to be a day for children all over the world to help save children’s lives, fight for their rights, and help them fulfill their potential. It’s going to…
Polio Immunization Campaign Reaches 5 Million Children in Yemen

Polio Immunization Campaign Reaches 5 Million Children in Yemen

Amid escalating violence, UNICEF and partners have completed the first round of a nationwide door-to-door vaccination campaign reaching 5 million children under the age of five with oral polio vaccine and vitamin A supplementation. In the first campaign of its kind this year, 40,000 vaccinators spread across Yemen to provide…
Ek Muthi Sonu ke Naam: For Children Who Go Hungry

Ek Muthi Sonu ke Naam: For Children Who Go Hungry

Featuring the celebrated chef Vikas Khanna, a new video urges people to pledge a fistful to feed a child. A youth entertainment channel ‘Being Indian’ along with Quaker Oats has released the video titled 'Ek Muthi Sonu ke Naam'. Based on #QuakerFeedAChild initiative, the video urges people to think about…
World Leaders Must Invest in Better Data on Children: UNICEF

World Leaders Must Invest in Better Data on Children: UNICEF

UNICEF is calling on world leaders to invest in better data on children, warning in a new analysis that sufficient data is available only for half of the child-related Sustainable Development Goals indicators. The UNICEF analysis shows that child-related data, including measures on poverty and violence that can be compared,…